Balpara has held VEDN accreditation for a number of years. Our broad and lengthy experience in the field of site detailing and drafting provides a solid platform for VEDN auditing. All our site detailers and VEDN auditors are VESI trained, and our mentoring program ensures a continuous pool of experienced resources.

What does our Accreditation involve?

The Victorian Electrical Distribution Networks (VEDN) is a committee of the Victorian Electricity Supply Industry (VESI) which is responsible for accrediting contractors who are involved in the civil aspects of underground electrical infrastructure. Examples of these works include: Examples of these works include:

• Excavations
• Trenching
• Installation of conduits/ducts
• Boring
• Cable hauling
• Installation of earthing systems

The objective of the VEDN is to develop, review and maintain an Accreditation and accompanying Quality Assurance System suitable for civil infrastructure contractors working in the Victorian Electricity Supply Industry (VESI). It also provides a forum to standardise and unify auditing requirements across the five Victorian Distribution Businesses, while also monitoring the performance of contractors to maintain the integrity of the accreditation and registration process.

Balpara is an Accredited Auditor in all Victorian networks and has the capability to complete all works to current electrical distribution network standards. We have strong working relationships with key providers and are the chosen providers of Electrical Infrastructure Worksite Inspections for AusNet Services.



Balpara continually invests in training of existing and new team members to ensure an ongoing pool of experienced VEDN accredited auditors.

Auditing Capability

We are VEDN accredited to perform civil, electrical, cable hauling and network auditing. When performing open trench civil and electrical audits, we also perform a pre-final audit to minimise non-conformances at the time of the actual final audit.

Types of audit projects we can assist with:

Doncaster Pillars for ZNX | 1000+ pillars

The scope of this ZNX project was to replace pillars with pits near 600 houses to minimise risks.

Balpara was responsible for all the VEDN auditing, drafting and detailing of the project. In total 1,396 pillars need to be replaced by pits.

Low Voltage cables were dug up and cut in readiness for the joint to the pit. Service Straight Joints were installed and fed through the pit, where possible on the property boundary. Auditing activities were completed at every stage of the process.

Balpara’s involvement in Level Crossing removals:

We have performed auditing & detailing as part of Melbourne’s Level Crossing Removal Project, which will remove 50 dangerous and congested level crossings. The overall project includes lowering of the rail line and new pedestrian crossings as well as walking/cycling paths between neighbouring suburbs.